diff --git a/materio_search_api_ajax.pages.inc b/materio_search_api_ajax.pages.inc
index e2273ed4..e70019ed 100644
--- a/materio_search_api_ajax.pages.inc
+++ b/materio_search_api_ajax.pages.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function materio_search_api_ajax_search($page = 0){
   # execute search
   $_GET['page'] = $page;
 
-  $keys = $_GET['keys'];
+  $keys = rawurldecode($_GET['keys']);
 
   foreach(explode(' ', $keys) as $word){
     $words[] = rawurlencode($word);